Necronepotism Chronicles
I mean no disrespect at all to a brave and illustrious lady whose only misfortune was to beget an oligophrenic child but…is there any imaginable justification for a 103-year old’s death to be given the full Mandela treatment for an entire week in El Nacional other than, y’know, the blindingly obvious?
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